Eagle, Darlington Street/ Guildhall Street 1858 - 1966

Eagle, c1966. Credit Folkestone Library

Eagle, c1950. Credit Peter & Anne Bamford

 

Licensees
John Baker 1858 1860
George Bull 1860 1861
John Taylor 1861 1864 Ex Mariners Home. To British Lion
Edwin Holloway 1864 1884 Renamed briefly Darlington Arms 1873-74
George Hopkins 1884 1894
Alfred Robert Clark 1894 1902 To Swan (2)
Frederick Taylor 1902 1904 To George
George Wooderson 1904 1915
Harry Toomer 1915 1921
Edith Toomer 1921 1924
Frank Burchett 1924 1946
Horace Ford 1946 1953
Albert Miller 1953 1959
David Martin 1959 1966 From True Briton

Folkestone Chronicle 10-12-1859

Monday December 5^th:- Before W.F. Browell, James Kelcey, and R.W. Boarer esqs.

Henry Godfrey and William Burvill, the younger, were brought up in custody, charged with stealing a gander and three geese, the property of Hunt Jeffery, of Walton, farmer.

Mr. Minter appeared for Burvill.

Godfrey was undefended.

Hunt Jeffery, being sworn, deposed, that he had lost a gander and three geese; saw them last on Friday afternoon, they were near the pond in the farm yard, was told next morning that they were missing, and the place where they were kept, open; could swear to the gander and two geese now produced, as being those lost.

Mr. Minter declined to cross-examine the witness.

James Winton, being sworn, deposed, he was employed by Mr. Hunt Jeffery, the last witness, had to attend the pigs and geese; his master had a gander and three geese; on Friday evening about 5 o`clock he drove them into the goose house and shut the door, which was fastened with a latch, missed the geese about 6 the next morning (Saturday); the door of the goose house was open; found there the head of the gander and a quantity of feathers; looked for the geese but could not find them; believed the geese now produced to be the same that were lost – identified them by certain marks in the feathers.

P.C. Charles Ovenden, being sworn, deposed, on Saturday, from information received, he went to Walton Farm, and received the head of a goose now produced from the last witness; was present when the geese were found in a garden, in the joint occupation of the prisoner Burvill and his father; the garden adjoins Wiltie Lane; they were found buried in a sack in the garden. The Superintendent of Police asked the prisoner Burvill previously, where the geese were; to which he replied he knew nothing of them. After the geese were found the question was repeated, and then prisoner answered, a man named Godfrey had brought them there in the morning, and asked him to take care of them for him; he also admitted the sack they were found in belonged to them, meaning his father and himself; he added, that hearing there was a stir about the geese, he had buried them himself.

Cross-examined by Mr. Minter – The Superintendent told the prisoner that he came to look after some stolen geese, and that he (Superintendent) believed they were there. Burvill denied the geese were there first, and only admitted that they were when some feathers came to the top of the ground after probing it with a crowbar.

Superintendent Martin deposed, from information received that some geese had been stolen, he went to Darlington Place, and met the prisoner Burvill in the road, asked him if he had the key of his cow-shed, he said he had. Witness asked him to allow him to look in there, as some geese had been stolen, and they wished to discover where they were. The prisoner said he might look anywhere he pleased, as he knew nothing whatever about any geese. Witness then cautioned prisoner to take care what he said, and then told him there was a man named Godfrey in custody on suspicion of stealing some geese. Prisoner again denied all knowledge of any geese. Witness then left prisoner and met P.C. Ovenden, they returned together and found the prisoner Burvill at work in a garden behind the railway; asked him to let him look in a lodge in the garden; prisoner took a key from his pocket and opened the door. Witness then told him he knew the geese were about there, and he ought to be very cautious what he said, or he might get himself into trouble. Witness then commenced a search, and noticed behind the lodge that the earth had been recently removed. Witness got a crowbar, and probing the place, found some feathers come up with the clay. Witness turned round to prisoner and said “Burvill, the geese are here”. He replied “I put them there, I had them from a man named Godfrey, in the morning, and did not know what to do with them, so I buried them, I did not know they were stolen”. He also admitted the sack belonged to him. Prisoner got a shovel and took them out at witness`s desire. Prisoner was then taken into custody; the geese and sack produced are those found.

P.C. Busbridge deposed, that from information received on Saturday, he found some geese had been stolen from Walton Farm; he went to No. 20, Darlington Place, the residence of the prisoner Godfrey, and knocked at the door, heard a shuffling, and then opened the door and found the prisoner going out the back way; told him some geese had been stolen from Mr. Jeffery, at Walton, and charged him with stealing them; he said he knew nothing about them. Witness then took him into custody, took him to the station, and on him was the frock produced, inside which was found some goose down and feathers, with spots of blood; the Superintendent asked him how the feathers came there, to which he made no reply.

Jane Baker deposed, she was wife to John Baker, landlord of the Eagle Tavern, Darlington Place; knew both the prisoners; saw them together at her husband`s house on Friday night about half past 11; could not say whether they left together or not; they were using the house as ordinary customers. Burvill was in the habit of coming in and out of the house seven or eight times a day; had known him five or six years, and always thought him a well conducted young man.

Mr Minter cross-examined this witness, to show that the prisoners being together in the house was accidental, and not as companions, which the witness admitted.

Mr. Minter then addressed the bench to the effect that the prisoner Burvill had hitherto borne a good character, and that what he had done was not an actual proof of guilty knowledge; he had certainly committed a grave fault in telling a lie to the Superintendent, but that was all.

The Bench having consulted together, committed both prisoners to trial, at the next quarter sessions. Application for bail was made for the prisoner Burvill, which was granted, with 24 hours notice.

Note: Appears to confirm change of name from Darlington Arms to Eagle in Baker`s time.
 

Folkestone Chronicle 7-1-1860

Quarter Sessions: Before J.J. Lonsdale Esq.

Thursday January 5^th: - The Grand Jury then retired, and returned very soon with a true bill against Henry Godfrey for stealing four geese, the property of Mr. Hunt Jeffery, and William Burvill for receiving the same, well knowing them to have been stolen.

Mr. Minter appeared for Burvill.

The prisoner Godfrey was undefended.

The examination having appeared so recently in this journal, in the report before the magistrates, it is not necessary to fully detail them. The prisoner Godfrey pleaded “Guilty”, and William Burvill “Not Guilty”.

The Recorder then said, that the prisoner Godfrey having pleaded guilty, could be taken as a witness against the prisoner Burvill.

He was then put into the box, and the Recorder, addressing the jury, said, they must take Godfrey`s evidence for what it was worth. If, however, they believed that he was speaking the truth, they were bound to believe him.

The witness was then sworn, and after being strongly cautioned by the recorder as to what evidence he had to give, he proceeded to examine him, and elicited from him, that on the 3^rd December, about 3 o`clock in the morning, he went to Mr. Jeffery`s farm at Walton, and took the geese from the lodge, and gave them to the prisoner Burvill to keep till he could sell them; Burvill put them in the Lodge, and told witness he might leave them there for a short time; was slightly acquainted with Burvill; - did not see Burvill afterwards until both were apprehended; the geese were all dead when he gave them to Burvill; he had killed them himself before he left the lodge.

The Recorder asked the witness how he had killed them. Witness, with the greatest coolness, and with a lurking smile on his lips, said, “he pulled the head off one”. The Recorder, seemingly surprised, repeated his question, but got the same reply.

Cross-examined by Mr. Minter – Lived in Darlington Place, near the prisoner Burvill; the lodge was in the occupation of Burvill`s father; prisoner was feeding his cows when he asked him to take care of the geese; had to pass the lodge on his way from Mr. Jeffery`s; it was about 7 o`clock in the morning when the geese were left with the prisoner.

P.C. Ovenden repeated the evidence given before the magistrates as to being present when the prisoner was informed by the Superintendent of Police that some geese had been stolen from Mr. Jeffery`s, and that Godfrey was in custody on suspicion of having stolen them; prisoner denied all knowledge at first, but afterwards when found, admitted that Godfrey had given them to him, and he had buried them for fear of being implicated in the matter.

Superintendent Martin deposed that in company with last witness he searched the garden of prisoner, and noticing the ground had been recently disturbed he probed it with a crowbar, on which some feathers came up to the surface; witness then addressing prisoner, who had previously denied all knowledge of the geese, although told Godfrey was in custody, and was strongly cautioned by witness to be careful as to how he answered, he said “oh, yes, the geese are there, I buried tham myself, but I did not know they were stolen”. The geese were in a sack which prisoner said was “his” or “theirs” – meaning his father and himself – Godfrey was in custody before Burvill was spoken to by witness.

Police constable Busbridge deposed, he apprehended the prisoner Godfrey on the 3^rd inst., (sic) about one o`clock. Saw the prisoner Burvill, who was in the road when witness went into Godfrey`s house.

Cross-examined by Mr. Minter, who asked witness how in his depositions he said 12 o`clock when he went to prisoner Godfrey`s house – the witness explained this by saying he was twice at the prisoner`s house, at 12 and 1 o`clock.

Jane Baker was examined but her evidence had no bearing on the case.

Mr. Minter then made a forcible address to the jury on the whole of the evidence, and impressed upon them that his client might have been guilty of an indiscretion in telling a lie when spoken to at first by the Superintendent of police; there had been nothing proved against him that he had stolen the geese, or that he knew in fact that they were stolen. He is found at 7 o`clock in the morning feeding his cows, when asked to take care of the geese by Godfrey. Afterwards seeing the police go into Godfrey`s house, he begins to suspect something is wrong, and afraid that he might be implicated, he buried the geese; this is almost a natural conclusion for a person in his position to arrive at, and though an act of indiscretion, still it was no proof of guilt, and he pressed upon the jury that if they had a doubt that the prisoner received the geese knowing they were stolen, they were to give him the benefit of the doubt and acquit him.

Mr. Minter then called Joseph Samson and John Garland, as witnesses as to character, who gave the prisoner an excellent one; the former as his schoolmaster, the latter as his employer.

The Recorder then summed up the evidence, minutely showing that against the prisoner, and that in his favour, and put it to the jury, if they had any doubt about the guilty knowledge of the theft committed by Godfrey being known to the prisoner when the geese were left with him, they would give him the benefit of it, and bring in an acquittal – if on the other hand they believed the prisoner had that knowledge required by the law, they were bound to return a verdict of Guilty.

The jury then retired, in about ten minutes returned into court and gave a verdict of Not Guilty.

The Recorder then addressing the prisoner Godfrey, said, having pleaded guilty to the crime of having stolen these geese; he the Recorder might tel him he had had a very narrow escape from a charge of burglary, for if the lodge from which the geese had been stolen had been attached to the house, and he had lifted the latch, it would have amounted to that crime, and a few years ago the punishment for that crime was death. He the Recorder was afraid however the prisoner was not only a thief by his own confession, but also a cruel one, for the manner in which he had described what he had done together with the fact that he had pulled the head off the goose while alive, showed he was a very cruel person. The prisoner had been a month in prison, and he should imprison him to six months` imprisonment with hard labour.

Note: Jane Baker was wife of landlord of the Eagle Tavern, Darlington Street

Folkestone Chronicle 25-8-1860

Advert:

Folkestone

To Publicans And Others

The Eagle Tavern Public House

To Be Let

Enquire of Messrs. Brockman and Harrison, Folkestone.

Folkestone Chronicle 1-9-1860 

Notice: Whereas a petition of John Baker, formerly of No. 10, Belle Vue Fields, in the town of Folkestone, in the county of Kent, journeyman whitesmith, then and now of the Eagle Tavern, Durham Place, in the town of Folkestone, in the county of Kent, whitesmith and shoeing smith, and insolvent debtor, having been filed in the County Court of Kent, holden at Folkestone, in the said county, and an interim order for protection from process having been given to the said John Baker, is hereby required to appear in the said Court, to be holden at Folkestone aforesaid, before the Judge of the said Court, on the twenty seventh day of September, 1860, at ten o`clock in the forenoon precisely, for his first examination touching his debts, estate and effects, and to be further dealt with according to the provisions of the said Statutes. And notice is hereby given that the choice of assignees is to take place at the time so appointed.

All persons indebted to the said John Baker, or who have any of his effects, are not to pay or deliver the same but to Ralph Thomas Brockman, the Registrar of the said Court, at his office at Folkestone, the Official Assignee of the estate and effects of the said insolvent.

William Venables, High Bailliff, Messenger of the said Court.

Folkestone Chronicle 29-9-1860

County Court

Thursday September 27^th:- Before C. Harwood Esq.

John Baker. This insolvent keeping the Eagle Tavern, Folkestone, petitioned under the protection acts, owing debts amounting to £208 15s. 11d. No assets. Mr. Minter supported.

The insolvent passed his first examination and His Honour named the next sitting for the final order.

Dover Chronicle 6-10-1860

County Court, Sept. 27^th: Before C. Harwood Esq.

In re. John Baker: This insolvent, keeping the Eagle Tavern, Folkestone, petitioned under the Protection Act, owing debts amounting to £208 16s. 11d. (no assets). Mr. Minter supported. The insolvent passed his first examination, and His Honour made the next sitting for the final order.

Folkestone Chronicle 13-10-1860

Notice

In the matter of the petition of John Baker, formerly of No. 10, Belle Vue Fields, in the town of Folkestone, in the county of Kent, journeyman whitesmith, then and now of the Eagle Tavern, Durham Place, in the town of Folkestone, in the county of Kent, Licensed Victualler, Whitesmith, and Shoeing Smith.

Notice is hereby given that the County Court of Kent, at Folkestone, acting in the matter of this petition, will proceed to make a final Order thereon, at the said Court, on the 31^st day of October, 1860, at ten o`clock in the forenoon, unless cause be then and there shown to the contrary.

William Venables, High Bailiff.

Messenger of the said Court.

Folkestone Chronicle 3-11-1860

County Court

Wednesday October 31^st:- Before Charles Harwood esq., Judge.

John Baker, an insolvent, came up for his final order. Supported by Mr. Minter. There was no opposition and the order was signed. His Honour upon signing the petition cautioned insolvent that if any debts were contracted after this he would allow no time for payment but make forthwith orders. Insolvent then received his final order.

Note: Baker was formerly at The Eagle, Darlington Street
 

Folkestone Observer 23-2-1861

Friday February 22^nd: - Before James Tolputt, A.M. Leith, and James Kelcey esqs.

Assault on a publican

Frederick Jones, of Brentwood, Essex, umbrella maker, was charged with assaulting and beating George Francis Ball, landlord of the Eagle Tavern, Darlington Place.

George Francis Ball, who appeared in court with one eye tied up, said – I am landlord of the Eagle Tavern, Darlington Place. This morning, about 10 minutes past 12, I was sitting in the tap room of my house. I ordered two cigars, which were brought me. The prisoner, who was sitting in the room, took one of the cigars. I told him he must either pay for it, or put it down. He did neither, and I attempted to take it from him. He then seized me with both hands by the hair of the head. I made my way to the bar, and on going there we both fell down together. As I was down he kicked me several times in the eye, and all over the body, causing the injuries which now appear. In reply to the prisoner witness added, “I did not come to strike you first”.

Sarah Baker deposed that she was housekeeper to Mr. Ball, at the Eagle Tavern. About ten minutes past twelve that morning Mr. Ball ordered her to bring two cigars into the tap room. The prisoner took one, and she left the room. Shortly afterwards she saw Mr. Ball and the prisoner fall down together just in the bar. As they were lying down she saw the prisoner kick Mr. Ball several times in the face. She tried to prevent him but she could not. She saw him pulling Mr. Ball by the hair at the time he was kicking him.

By the prisoner – Prisoner took the cigar out of another man`s hand. She did not know whether Mr. Ball had been gambling for the cigars.

John Dyer said he was in the tap room that morning, when the affair about the cigars took place. Mr. Ball went to prisoner, and asked him for the money for the cigars. After that they got tussling in the tap room, and went into the passage. After a short time witness heard Mr. Ball`s housekeeper call. They were then in the bar. When he came out to go towards the bar, there was Mr. Lee out there; and Mr. Lee, amd Mr. Ball, and prisoner lay on the ground. Mr. Ball asked witness to go for the police, which he did. He saw no blow struck.

In reply to prisoner, the witness said he saw Mr. Ball toss for two cigars, which he lost. He saw Hammon take up two cigars and give prisoner one.

In reply to Mr. Leith, witness said neither prisoner nor Mr. Ball was drunk.

This was the case for the prosecution. For the defence prisoner called –

Elizabeth Lee, licenced hawker, who said she saw Mr. Ball toss for the two cigars that morning, and lose them. William Hammon won them. Hammon took two out of the box; one he gave into prisoner`s hand, and one he kept himself. Mr. Ball asked prisoner for the money for the cigar, and prisoner said he had had the cigar given him, and would not give it up. They both tussled in the passage, but which struck the first blow she could not say. She did not see prisoner kick Mr. Ball. Mr. Ball brought dice into the room, and witness rattled them with the young lady (the housekeeper) for two pints, and lost. She beat witness out of two pints of small beer, after twelve o`clock.

In reply to Mr. Ball, witness said the dominoes were there when she came, but he (Ball) brought the dice, which they shook in a pot. It was half past eleven when she raffled the young lady for a pint of beer. Ball won half a crown.

William Hammon, licenced hawker, said, about eight o`clock the previous night he went into the public house, and had half a pint of beer. Soon after that he got another. The landlord wanted to spar. He said he thought he should get som boxing gloves, and have a spar. He then wanted to have some throwing with dice for money. Then about twelve o`clock he pulled off his clothes, everything but his shirt and trousers and flannel he believed. About ten minutes past twelve he tossed Ball for two cigars.

Dyer being re-called, said he saw the landlord strip himself, but did not see him fight. He had his shirt on. It was not one time in a hundred that Mr. Ball was to be seen in the bar with his coat on. He saw dice.

Hammon proceeded to say that when he won the cigars he took them, and gave prisoner one of them. Before twelve o`clock prosecutor said he should beat all three of them if they did not pay for a pint of beer apiece – that was him (witness), Elizabeth Lee, and prisoner.

Ball said as witness was on his oath, he did not wish to ask any questions. He had sworn perjury.

In reply to Mr. Leith, Hammon said that after he had given the cigar to the prisoner, Mr. Ball asked prisoner for the cigar. Prisoner said witness had given it to him, and he should not give it up. They then began tussling, and Mr. Ball took hold of him by the head. Witness followed them out into the passage, and when they got there Mr. Ball knocked prisoner into the bar, and prisoner dragged Mr. Ball down with him, and knocked his head against the bar.

In reply to Mr. Ball, witness said he did not turn round to him, when he was ordered out of the house, and say “You ------, you have got one eye bunged, and I will bung the other for you”. He said nothing of the sort.

George Clayton saw Mr. Ball pull off his clothes, chuck one brace down by the side of him, throw the other back across his shoulder, and turn up his shirt sleeves and show his muscle. He talked so much of fighting that witness began to be afraid of him. He said he would thrash them all three if they did not pay for a pint of beer each; and witness said he would not pay, but prisoner said he would pay rather than fight.

Elizabeth Lee, re-called, said she saw the housekeeper holding prisoner by the hair, and beating him on the head, saying, “Get away, you rascal”.

Sarah Baker – It was because prisoner was kicking Mr. Ball so.

Elizabeth Lee – I don`t know about that; I did not see it.

After a brief consultation, the Bench said they were of opinion that the case was proved against the prisoner, and notwithstanding that provocation had been given, there was no justification for such brutal kicking. The prisoner would be fined 5s., with 9s. 6d. costs, or 7 days imprisonment. The bench added a caution to the prosecutor as to the conduct of his house, which had been reported before. If such things as these went on he would lose his licence.

Prisoner asked for time to pay the fine in, as he was expecting goods down in a day or two, when he could pay it. But this was refused, and he was committed to Dover jail.

Folkestone Chronicle 9-3-1861

Wednesday March 6^th:- Before the Mayor, James Kelcey and W.F. Browell esqs.

George Milligate was brought up charged with being found in the Eagle public house for an unlawful purpose. It appeared that the house in question had been empty some time, the landlord having absconded, and that a number of lads had been in the habit of loitering about these premises of an evening, and on the occasion in question the prisoner and another lad had been seen to get into the house by a broken window; but from the contradictory statements made by the principal witness, Maria Peel, the magistrates reprimanded her, and ordered the prisoner to be discharged, with a caution.

Note: Eagle, Darlington Street

Folkestone Observer 9-3-1861

Wednesday March 6^th:- Before the Mayor, W.F. Browell, and James Kelcey esqs.

Charge of unlawful entry

George Milligate, 17, labourer, was charged with being found in the Eagle public house, Darlington Place, for an unlawful purpose.

Maria Peal, wife of William Peal, Darlington Place knew the prisoner. About seven o`clock the previous night she saw him get into one of the windows of the Eagle Tavern, Darlington Place, which is unoccupied. She did not know whether he opened the window or not. Prisoner came to her house for a box of lucifers. She saw a light in the house during the evening.

In reply to the prisoner, witness said his legs were outside the window. She did not know whether he got into the house.

P.C. Peel said that about a quarter to nine the night before he went to the Eagle Tavern; he found the back and side doors shut, but unfastened. He found the front window unfastened, and the lower sash about an inch up. A square of glass at the bottom of the window was broken out. He saw the door and window fastened about four o`clock the morning before. There are lead fittings and gas pipes in the house.

The Bench thought the defence charge was not clearly made out, and discharged the prisoner.

Folkestone Observer 13-4-1861

Wednesday March 10^th: - Before Captain Kennicott, A.M. Leith and James Tolputt esqs.

Granting a licence

Mr. Fowle, clerk to Messrs. Brockman and Harrison, applied for a fresh licence to John Taylor, at present a police constable for the borough (7F), for the Eagle Tavern, Darlington Place, Francis Ball, the late holder for that house, having gone away. Evidence was given of Taylor being in possession of the house, and Superintendent Martin spoke to his good conduct while in the force, saying that he found the night duty irksome and injurious, and being in possession of a small pension, he was desirous of taking a public house, that he might have more regular hours of rest. The Bench, reminding the applicant of the former character of the house, granted the licence.

Note: This seems to cast doubt on Taylor being ex Mariners Home as stated in More Bastions
 

Folkestone Observer 26-10-1861

Tuesday October 22^nd:- Before Captain Kennicott R.N., and James Tolputt Esq.

Sunday Amusement

William Hoad, a young man, was brought up on warrant, charged with wilfully damaging the smithy of Mr. Hoile, Darlington Place.

William Rye said he was at Mr. Taylor`s public house, Darlington Place, on Sunday afternoon, about half past two o`clock, when he saw the prisoner standing on the batten of the railway, throwing stones at Mr. Hoile`s forge. He heard the noise of stones going into the window, and the smashing of glass. He was with another man, who was not present in court, and they were both throwing stones at the forge. They might have been throwing stones for about five minutes.

John Taylor, landlord of the Eagle, also saw prisoner throwing stones, and heard the glass smash.

William Hoile, shoeing smith, and owner of the forge, on Monday morning found 20 or 30 large stones and bricks inside the shop. The windows of the shop were all out, and the frames smashed in. On Saturday he left the frames all right, and partly filled with glass. This was not the first, nor second, nor third time that this had been done. The damage done was £1. The young fellows were in the habit on Sundays of getting on the railway banks and throwing stones at his windows. The very last time they did it they agreed to pay 1s 6d each towards the damage done.

The prisoner said he only threw one stone, and that fell on the roof and bounded off. He saw two others throwing stones, but he was lying on the bank himself.

The magistrates inflicted a fine of 10s. with 9s. costs, or 14 days` hard labour. The fine was paid.

Southeastern Gazette 29-10-1861

Local News

At the police court last week, William Hoad, a young man, was charged with wilfully damaging the smithy of Mr. Hoile, Darlington Place.

On Sunday afternoon week, the defendant was seen a young man named William Eye, and John Taylor, landlord of the Eagle public house, on the batten of the railway, throwing stones at the window of prosecutor's smithy. Prosecutor said that the windows of his shop were all out, and the frames smashed in. On Saturday he left the window frames all right, and partly filled with glass. This was not the first, second, nor third time that it had been done. The damage done was £1. A number of young fellows were in the habit on Sundays of getting on the railway banks and throwing stones at the windows.

Fined 10s., and 9s. costs.

Folkestone Chronicle 12-1-1867

Tuesday January 8^th: Before the Mayor, J. Kelcey and R.W. Boarer Esqs.

Timothy Damoher, private, 3^rd Buffs, stationed at Shorncliffe Camp, was brought up charged with stealing from the Eagle Tavern, Darlington, a bottle of cloves, and from a workshop in Shellons Lane a plane, flannel jacket, apron, and cap; also with assaulting the police in the execution of their duty. The first charge was taken.

Mary Ann Holloway, landlady of the Eagle Tavern, Darlington, said: Prisoner came into my house at 9 o`clock yesterday morning – he was in the tap room – and remained there till half past 12; he had two pints of beer. After he was gone I missed a bottle of cloves from the bar. I had not seen the prisoner in the bar. I gave information to the police. The bottle contained about a pint and three half-quarterns, and it`s value was 2s. 6d.

Cross-examined: I did not see you leave the house, but did see you pass the window; there were a lot of boys about.

P.C. Hills said: Yesterday afternoon, from information received, I went in search of prisoner, and found him near Mr. Allebone`s, corner of Beach Street. Prisoner saw me and went into Allebone`s shop. I went in and asked him if he was on pass. He said “Yes”, but could not find it. I told him he smelt strong of drink, and he pulled out the bottle produced from under his greatcoat. I charged him with stealing it from the Eagle tavern. I took him into custody, and he resisted very much through the streets, and was very violent at the police station. The son of the prosecutor took the bottle.

P.C. Ovenden said: I assisted P.C. Hills to take the prisoner into custody, and afterwards went to the Eagle Tavern, at Darlington, where I saw prosecutrix, and she gave me the bottle produced.

Cross-examined: You were the worse for liquor, but not drunk.

Prisoner said: I did not steal the bottle – there were several men came in and went out of the house while I was there; the people saw me go. The drink was missed and because I have a bottle of liquor they say I was the person who stole it. It is the first time ever I was before a court.

The prisoner was then committed to take his trial at the next Quarter Sessions.

Prisoner was then charged with breaking into the workshop of Mr. Gilbert, Prospect Place, on the 7^th inst., and stealing therefrom one plane, one apron, one flannel jacket, and one cap.

Hampden Gilbert said: Yesterday morning I went to work about seven o`clock, and noticed a window six or seven feet from the ground had been broken open, and a ladder put near, which was lying on the ground. I missed a flannel jacket, a cap, and an apron, which I had seen safely there on Sunday evening. I gave information of the loss to the police. A man brought me a trying plane about eight o`clock last evening, which I had not before missed; it has my name on it, and is my property. P.C. Ovenden produced the jacket and cap this morning. The value of the whole is 6s. I have not seen the prisoner before now.

Prisoner was then remanded.

Friday January 11^th: Before the Mayor, J. Kelcey, and R.W. Boarer Esqs.

Timothy Damoher was brought up on remand, charged with stealing several articles, value 6s. 6d., the property of Hampden Gilbert.

Elizabeth Gilbert, widow, of Cheriton, said: On Monday morning, about seven o`clock, prisoner called at my house. He said he had just come from Folkestone, and had picked up a plane. He was tired of carrying it about, and wished to leave it. My son saw it belonged to prosecutor. I gave prisoner a sixpence as he was leaving, as it was a cold morning. I gave the plane the same day to my son-in-law, Stephen Tucker, to bring to it`s owner. The plane produced is the same.

Thomas Baker, carpenter, Cheriton, gave evidence that he received the gauge produced from the prisoner, who offered it to him for a pint of beer. He took care of it, and gave it to P.C. Ovenden.

Prisoner made some rambling statement to endeavour to account for the possession of the articles.

He was committed for trial at the next Quarter Sessions.

The prisoner was the charged with assaulting P.C. Hills on the 7^th Instant. He pleaded Not Guilty.

P.C. Hills repeated the evidence he gave on Tuesday as to the apprehension of the prisoner in the shop of Mr. Allebone, and added that prisoner was standing with his right hand towards the counter, on which there were two or three knives. He reached his arm out and took hold of the butcher`s knife produced, and made a dart at my side, but I caught his arm before he struck me. I had hold of both wrists, and had a severe struggle; we fell in the shop twice before we could get the knife from him. While I had his wrists, he tried to work the knife into my left arm. With the assistance of several civilians, we got the knife from him, but I was obliged to strike him across the back of the hand with my staff first. I then got the handcuffs on him. He resisted violently all the way to the station house, and we fell two or three times.

Prisoner: I know I`m very violent when drunk, but I don`t think I could be guilty of such an act.

Joseph Allebone, pork butcher, Beach Street, corroborated the constable`s evidence as far as related to what occurred in his shop.

The prisoner, after a short consultation by the magistrates, was committed to one month`s hard labour – the bench were sorry they could not inflict a greater punishment.

Folkestone Observer 12-1-1867

Tuesday, January 8^th: Before The Mayor, R.W. Boarer and J. Kelcey Esqs.

Timothy Danaher, 3^rd Buffs, attached to the 12^th Depot Battalion, Shorncliffe Camp, was charged with the several grave offences detailed below.

Mary Holloway, wife of Edward Holloway, living at the Eagle Tavern, Darlington, said: I saw the prisoner at my house yesterday. He came in at nine o`clock in the morning, and remained in the tap room until half past twelve. He had two pints of beer to drink while there. After he had left I missed from a little shelf in the bar two bottles of cloves. I had not seen him in the bar at all. When I discovered my loss I went to the station house to inform the police. The bottle contained about a pint and three half-quarterns of cloves. It`s value was about 2s. 6d.

Cross-examined: Did not see you leave the house. I was in a little room, and I saw you pass the window.

P.C. Hills said: Yesterday afternoon, about half past one, I received information from the last witness that a bottle of cloves had been stolen from the shelf in her bar. I went in search for the prisoner, and found him in the lower part of the town, opposite Mr. Allebone`s wall. When he saw me coming he went round the corner, and I followed him. Mrs. Allebone, the pork butcher, opened the door, and he went in. I went in after him, and asked him if he was on pass; he said he was but he could find no pass. I said he smelt very strong of drink, and he then pulled a bottle from under his big coat, out of the pocket, I believe. I charged him with stealing a bottle of cloves from the Eagle Tavern, and he said “Let me drink a little”, and he did drink some, but I took it away from him before he had drunk it all. The bottle produced is the one I took from him. I then took him into custody, and he resisted very much. He then said he would come quietly if I would let him have a smoke. I let him have a light, and he then put his hand across the counter and seized a knife. I had to get a great deal of assistance to bring him to the station. We searched him there, but nothing was found on him, and he refused his name. I gave the bottle to a little boy, son of the last witness, who it seems is deaf, and did not hear what I said, and he went home with it.

Cross-examined: Prisoner was the worse for liquor, but not so drunk but he knew what he was about. The boy, George Holloway, in court, took the bottle from me.

Mrs. Holloway, recalled, said: My son brought the bottle home yesterday about three o`clock. It contained the same quantity of cloves as at present – about half a quartern.  The bottle is the same as I lost from my bar. P.C. Ovenden came in immediately after my boy and took the bottle away.

P.C. Ovenden went to the assistance of P.C. Hills about three o`clock yesterday, and took the prisoner into custody. He afterwards went to the Eagle Tavern, and received the bottle produced.

Cross-examined: Prisoner was the worse for liquor, but not so drunk but he knew what he was doing.

Prisoner, being called upon for his defence, said he did not steal the bottle. Several men came in and went out of the house at the time. When he went away the people saw him go. Then the drink was missed, and because they saw a bottle of liquor with him they said that he must have stolen it.

The prisoner was then committed for trial for the felony.

A second charge of felony was then proceeded with against the same prisoner.

Hampden Gilbert, cabinet maker, 1, Prospect Place, Shellons Lane, said: I have a workshop on my premises, and yesterday morning, at seven o`clock, when I went into my workshop I noticed that a window had been broken open. The window was six or seven feet from the ground, and without any shutter. A ladder had been brought from the shop and laid on the ground under the window. My shop was locked up. As soon as I found the window was broken open, I went into it, and missed a flannel jacket, cap, and apron. The window was glazed with oiled calico, not with glass, and the calico had been broken, and the bolt of the sash forced open. I saw the articles safe in the shop on Saturday evening between five and six o`clock. When I discovered my loss I gave information to the police. I received a plane last evening about 8 o`clock from a Mr. Tucker, carpenter, of Cheriton. I had not missed it before he brought it. (Plane, jacket and cap produced and identified). The value of the articles is about 6s. I do not know the prisoner, and have not seen him on my premises.

John Tucker, carpenter, Cheriton, said: As I was coming into Folkestone about half past four yesterday I called at Mrs. Gilbert`s cottage to light my pipe. I told her that I was going to Folkestone, and she said she had a plane belonging to someone in Folkestone; that a soldier had left it there. The plane had the owner`s name at full length marked on it. I told her I knew the owner, but did not know where he lived. I brought it in, and enquired for Mr. Gilbert`s residence. I took it to Mr. Gilbert and he identified it.

John Swain, labourer, living at Cheriton Street, said: I know the prisoner. I met him in Cheriton Street yesterday morning about half past six. He asked me what time the provosts got about. I told him they came down between eight and nine as far as I knew. Then he asked me if I wanted to buy a cheap article, and pulled the plane out of his bosom. He had on his shako and big coat. I did not take the plane in my hands, and it was dark. I could not therefore swear to it. I told him the article was no use to me. I could see it was a plane, and much about such an article as that. I met the prisoner afterwards, about eight o`clock in the meadow, close against the White Lion, at Cheriton. He pulled the flannel jacket from underneath his coat and gave it to me, saying “You may have it if you like”. E told me that he picked it up along the road. Then he asked me if I had a piece of tobacco to give him, and I gave him a piece. Then he asked me if I could tell him where he could get his boots polished. I told him I could not tell him anything about it. I took home the jacket and hung it up. This morning the policeman (Ovenden) came for it, and I gave it to him. (Identified the jacket).

Cross-examined: He did not say he picked the plane up. He told me he picked the jacket up. He did not say where he got the plane from.

By the Bench: I never saw the prisoner before. I am sure he is the same man.

Prisoner: I don`t deny what he says, only I told him I picked the things up along the road.

P.C. Ovenden went to Cheriton to the house of the last witness at nine o`clock, and received from him the flannel jacket produced. I afterwards went to Mr. Gilbert, and received the plane from him. I saw the son of the woman who received the plane, and she is gone to Newington today.

The attendance of Mrs. Gilbert being necessary, the prisoner was remanded.

Friday, January 11^th: Before The Mayor, R.W. Boarer and J. Kelcey Esqs.

Timothy Danaher was brought up this morning, when Mrs. Gilbert gave evidence as to the prisoner leaving the plane with her, her giving him 6d., and sending the plane in to Folkestone.

Thomas baker gave evidence as to prisoner selling him for 2d. a gauge that had been stolen from Mr. Gilbert.

Prisoner said in defence that he had been drinking, and turning a corner as he was going home he frightened a man, who dropped the things and ran away, probably mistaking him in his greatcoat for a policeman. He was committed for trial on this charge also.

He was then sentenced to one month`s hard labour for assaulting P.C. Hills, with whome he had five or six minutes` desperate struggle, twice on the ground.

Danaher`s name appears on the regimental books 48 times for habitual drunkenness, insubordination, desertion, attempting to stab &c.

Folkestone Chronicle 13-4-1867

Quarter Sessions

Tuesday April 9^th: Before J.J. Lonsdale Esq.

Timothy Damoher, a private in the 3^rd Buffs, was charged on an indictment with breaking into and entering a shop, and stealing therefrom a cap, an apron, a flannel jacket, a plane, and a gouge, the property of Hampden Gilbert; a second count charged him with stealing the above articles, and a third was for stealing a bottle of cloves belonging to Edward Holloway. Prisoner pleaded Not Guilty.

Hampden Gilbert said that on the night of the 7^th January last he was aroused by hearing a noise, and on getting up he found that his workshop had been broken open, but he could not see anyone. At seven o`clock the next morning, on going to work, he missed the articles enumerated.

Stephen Tucker, carpenter, of Cheriton, brought the plane from Mrs. Gilbert to the prosecutor`s on Monday, the 8^th of January.

John Swaine, labourer, of Cheriton Street, met the prisoner at six o`clock on the morning of the 8^th of January, when he offered witness a plane for 3s. 6d.; he met him again at eight near the White Lion, and prisoner gave him the flannel jacket, saying he had picked it up. Witness afterwards gave him a bit of tobacco.

The Recorder: You had no business to take it; you knew it was not his; you might have stood in the dock for receiving stolen property; it was very foolish of you.

Cross-examined: I didn`t walk with you at all; I might have stayed two minutes with you; you were not the worse for liquor.

P.C. Ovenden assisted in taking the prisoner into custody, and received the jacket from the last witness, and the plane from the prosecutor; the cap was picked up in the road.

Elizabeth Dorothy Gilbert, keeping a small shop at Cheriton Street, said prisoner came in about seven o`clock on the morning of the 8^th January and asked to be allowed to leave the plane produced, as he had picked it up, and the owner might be looking for it. He lit his pipe, and as he was going out she gave him 6d. to get something to drink.

Cross-examined: You did not offer it for sale.

Thomas Baker, a carpenter, said he met prisoner on the 8^th, who asked him if the gouge produced was his, as he had found it.

The statement of the prisoner before the magistrates was then put in and read, after which he said he had been ten years in the service and nothing had ever been alleged against his honesty. He expected an officer from his regiment to speak for him. He adhered to his former statement that he had been drunk and fell asleep on Sunday, the 7^th January, and that on waking up about ten o`clock at night, he set off to camp, and just before getting to the Cheriton Road, he nearly overtook a man, who dropped the articles and ran off. He picked them up and carried them about, hoping to find the owner, and not doing so, he had left them as stated. He had not sold anything.

The Recorder having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty.

Mary Ann, wife of Edward Holloway, of the Eagle Tavern, Darlington, said that prisoner was in her house from nine o`clock on Monday morning, the 8^th January, until twelve, and had two pints of beer while drying his clothes, as he was very wet. When he was gone she missed a bottle of cloves from a shelf in the bar. It was there while prisoner was in the house. There was a cognac label on the bottle.

P.C. Hills apprehended the prisoner in Beach Street, with the bottle produced in his possession. It contained cloves, and had on it a cognac label.

Prisoner said he bought the drink of a fisherman, and gave him 1s. 6d. for it.

The learned coroner remarked that it was a pity the fisherman was not called.

Prisoner called no witnesses, saying “Drink was the cause of my present difficulty”, and the Recorder having summed up, the jury returned a verdict of Guilty.

The Recorder, in passing sentence, said that as the prisoner had given so good an account of himself, it would be his duty to let the public know the true state of the case, and accordingly read the account we gave at the time of hearing before the magistrates, of the occasions on which the prisoner had been tried by courts martial, and concluded by hoping that his present punishment – nine months hard labour for the first offence and three months for the latter – would have it`s proper effect.

This concluded the business of the court.

Folkestone Observer 13-4-1867

Quarter Sessions

Tuesday, April 9^th: Before J.J. Lonsdale

Timothy Danaher, a private in the 3^rd Buffs, was indicted on three counts: with breaking into a workshop in Prospect Place, in the occupation of Hampden Gilbert, on the 7^th January last, and stealing therefrom a cap, an apron, a flannel jacket, a plane, and a gauge; with a simple stealing the above article; and with stealing a bottle of cloves from the Eagle Tavern, Darlington, on the 8^th January. Prisoner pleaded not guilty to each charge, but was found guilty on both, and was sentenced on one charge to nine months` imprisonment, and on the other to three months` imprisonment, consecutive.

Folkestone Express 20-10-1894

Wednesday, October 17^th: Before The Mayor, Aldermen Banks and Pledge, W. Wightwick, and C.J. Pursey Esqs.

The Eagle Tavern (sic)

The licence of this house was transferred to George Clark.

Folkestone Express 9-10-1897

Saturday, October 2^nd: Before The Mayor, Alderman Pledge, T.J. Vaughan and J. Holden Esqs.

Elizabeth Botting, of 87, Guildhall Street, was charged with being drunk and disorderly and using obscene language, and also with assaulting James Large.

James Large, Curator at the cemetery, said: Last night, about five minutes past eight, I was in Guildhall Street, and saw the defendant. I went to Mr. Vaughan`s shop, and then went to Cambridge Gardens on business. I there saw defendant, who came up to me and asked me for half a crown. She was a stranger to me. I asked her what the half a crown was for, and she made use of obscene language. There were some people passing. Defendant snatched off my hat and threw it in the garden of No. 24, Cambridge Gardens, making use of further vile expressions. I went to Mr. Tite`s and bought another hat. Defendant ran towards Guildhall Street, and I lost sight of her. Mr. Cooper and my brother-in-law waited outside Mr. Tite`s shop whilst I got another hat, and then we returned, and at the bottom of Victoria Grove we saw defendant. She abused me shamefully, and took the new hat off my head and threw it into the gardens. Then she kicked at me, but my friends prevented it from being a serious kick. A man came up and said he was her husband.

Defendant made various accusations against the complainant, and said she ran after him to give him in charge.

In answer to the Mayor, Mr. Large said the woman appeared to have been drinking, but was not drunk. To the best of his knowledge he had never seen her before, and he gave an emphatic denial to her accusations of improper conduct on his part.

Richard Cooper, Assistant Overseer, said: Last night about twenty minutes past eight I was passing along Guldhall Street with Mr. Large and his brother-in-law. Mr. Large had complained to us of having been assaulted in Cambridge Gardens, and I suggested we should endeavour to find defendant. In Victoria Grove we saw her leaning against the wall of the corner house. Mr. Large said “There she is”, and I went up to her. She said to me “There`s that ---- Cemetery man”, and made accusations against Mr. Large. A man came up and said he was her husband. I said “You had better take your wife home and take care of her”. She rushed past me towards Mr. Large. She knocked his hat off into the forecourt of the house on the corner, and used filthy language and demanded half a crown. The husband came forward. Mr. Large`s brother-in-law told him to stand back, and held the woman to prevent her from assaulting Mr. Large. I did not see her kick him. The woman, I should say, had been drinking – she was furious – and went at Mr. Large like a tiger, and very much upset him. I went for a policeman.

Alfred Bodkin, an officer in the Metrpolitan Police, brother-in-law to Mr. Large, said he heard defendant use very bad language. She made a kick at Mr. Large, and witness put up his leg and stopped it, so that it only just touched him. The police arrived, and the husband went part of the way to the station. Witness was with Mr. Large at five minutes to eight, and he then told him where he was going.

Prisoner was then charged with being drunk and disorderly.

P.C. Burniston said at 10.35 on Friday night he saw defendant in Guildhall Street, at the bottom of Darlington. He requested her to go away. P.C. Holland was there on duty, and spoke to her, and she and a man who was walking with her went towards the arch. About five minutes past eleven, witness was standing near the arch, and heard a woman screaming. He went through into Broadmead Road, and saw defendant with 30 or 40 persons round her, screaming and shouting, and trying to kick someone in the crowd, and made use of disgusting language. Witness took her into custody, and she tried to kick him. He asked P.C. Holland to assist him to get her to the station. Holland said “You`ve got her. You take her and charge her”.

The Mayor: Didn`t he assist you?

Witness: No. He put his hands behind him and walked away through the crowd. I said to him “Are you going to assist me?”, and he again said “You`ve got her – you charge her”. I called a civilian called George Godden to assist me. He took hold of her arm. P.C. Holland then came along and told Godden to leave go. I told him not to, but Holland pushed him away, and then he assisted me. I brought her to the police station, and charged her with being drunk and disorderly.

Defendant said there was a man striking her husband, and she was screaming “Police” because her husband would not fight.

P.C. Burniston said the husband had some blood on his face.

The defendant desired to call P.C. Holland.

P.C. Holland said: About 10.50 last night I was on duty in Guildhall Street, near the Eagle public house. The prisoner was in front of No. 87 – next door to the Eagle – accompanied by her husband. The prisoner was ejected by the occupier of the house. I don`t know his name. She said “Why are you turning me out?” She tried to go inside, but the man shoved her back and shut the door. She then broke three windows with her hands. I think it was with her hands, but I would not be certain. Just then P.C. Burniston came.

The Mayor: Were you standing by all the time?

Witness: I was on duty outside the Eagle.

The Mayor: Next door to the house where this woman went?

Witness: Yes. P.C. Burniston came out of the Eagle public house with a group of other men.

The Mayor: Was he on duty?

Witness: No.

The Mayor: Was he in plain clothes?

Witness: No. In uniform. He stood in the middle of the road with a cigar in his mouth, smoking.

The Mayor thought the evidence was not relevant.

The Clerk: He has already said the woman was disorderly.

Witness: The woman went to Burniston and asked him if it was right that she should be ejected. He said “Go away. I know enough about you already”. I went to the occupier of the house and asked him if he wished to charge her with damaging the indows.

The Clerk: That is not evidence.

Witness: I went to her and said “You don`t want to be locked up, do you?”, and she said “No”. I said “Will you go away quietly?”, and she said “Yes”. I escorted her to Darlington Arch, accompanied by the man, and then came back and stood outside of the Eagle public house again. Two men and Burniston followed them towards Darlington Arch. After he went I heard a scream of “Police! Police! Police!” P.C. Burniston ran, and I ran also, in the direction where the screaming came from. When I arrived on the scene, the man (the husband) came up to me and said two men had been “banging” him. P.C. Burniston said “Her you are, Holland. Lock her up”. I said “You have got the charge. You take her. I know nothing about the case”. He said “All right. I`ll take her myself”. He called a civilian to assist in taking her to the station. I said “All right, then. If you are going to take her, I`ll assist you”. I took hold of her arm. I heard no bad language.

The Clerk: What condition was she in as regards to sobriety? – She had been drinking. I did not see her struggle.

The Mayor: How many persons were there in the Broadmead Road when you went back?

Witness: I should say about twenty or thereabouts. About six of them came out of the Eagle with Burniston.

Did you hear any bad language? – No, and I was close to Burniston.

Did you know this woman before yesterday? – No. I have seen her. I always took her for a responsible woman till last night. I have seen the man before.

Was she sober? – In all probability she was drunk.

The Clerk: Was she drunk or sober?

Witness: She could walk very steadily.

The Mayor: You hear what the evidence is. Now do you mean to say this woman was not drunk? – I say she wasn`t drunk. She had been drinking.

Walter Botting, the husband of the defendant, said when they got home to their lodgings they were locked out. They had had a week`s notice and had paid their rent. (Defendant: 12s. a week for one small bedroom.) The landlord “chucked” them out at once. They went away, and when they got through the arch, two men came along and struck him a violent blow. His wife called out “Help! Police!” The policeman came up and took his wife into custody.

Superintendent Taylor said he was in the police station when the defendant was brought in about half past eleven, and took the charge. The woman was drunk. She was quiet, but very talkative.

The Magistrates retired, and on their return the Mayor said: Elizabeth Botting, the charge against you is a very serious one, inasmuch as it is the unanimous opinion of the Bench that you attempted to blackmail the plaintiff Large. That alone is sufficient  to justify us in sending you to gaol. Under the circumstances detailed, it is very evident that you might have very seriously injured the plaintiff by kicking him, had not his friend, Mr. Cooper, and his brother-in-law prevented you. Therefore you will be sent to Canterbury with hard labour for this offence for six weeks. Then as to the charge of being drunk and disorderly. Your own witness proved that you were drunk or had been drinking, and that you were guilty is clearly proved. For that offence you will have to pay a fine of 5s., and 6s. 6d. costs, or go to prison for seven days, the second term of imprisonment to follow the first.

Folkestone Herald 9-10-1897

Police Court Report

On Saturday – the Mayor (Alderman Banks) presiding – Elizabeth Botting, who gave an address in Guildhall Street, was charged with being drunk and disorderly, and using obscene language in Broadmead Road, and further with assaulting James Large. She pleaded Not Guilty on each charge.

Mr. Large, Curator of the Cemetery, deposed that at five past eight on the previous night he turned from Guildhall Street into Cambridge Gardens on business, and the defendant, a stranger to him, came up and asked for half a crown. This was nearly opposite No. 24. He indignantly replied, and then she took his hat off and threw it over, calling him a foul name, and said if he did not give her a half crown she would not fetch it. She ran away towards Guildhall Street and he followed as long as he could, but lost sight of her. He purchased a new hat, returning up Guildhall Street with two friends, and at the bottom of Victoria Grove he saw the defendant walk about as far as the first house on the left hand side. As they were passing she took his hat off and did the same as with the other. She began to abuse him and used most filthy language. She threw the new hat over, and slipped between witness and his brother-in-law, kicked at witness, the blow being arrested by his brother-in-law. A man came up and said he was her husband; she had had too much to drink, but was not drunk.

Mr. Richard Cooper, one of the friends mentioned, deposed that he saw the defendant knock Mr. Large`s hat off the second time into the forecourt of the house at the corner. She had been drinking, and he could smell her breath. She was furious, and went at Mr. Large like a tiger. He went for police assistance.

In reply to defendant, witness said she used filthy language.

Alfred Bodkin, a Metropolitan Policeman, deposed that at the time the defendant used very bad language to Mr. Large. The prisoner kicked him on the stomach, and witness put his leg up and partially stopped, or it might have been a very serious one. It just reached Mr. Large. Previously, at 5 minutes to 8, Mr. Large left him and told him he was going somewhere.

The prisoner, in defence, made an indecent charge against the complainant, which he emphatically denied.

On the drunk and disorderly charge, P.C. Burniston deposed that at 10.50 on the previous night he was off duty in Guildhall Street, at the bottom of Darlington Street. The defendant was drunk and screaming. He requested her to go away. P.C. Holland was there on duty. He went and spoke to her and a man that was there with her, and then went towards Darlington Arch. About 5 past 11 he was standing near Darlington Arch, Guildhall Street end. He heard a woman screaming and went through Broadmead Arch into Broadmead Road and saw defendant and a crowd of 30 or 40 persons assembled round her, screaming and shouting. Defendant was trying to kick someone in the crowd. He saw her kick three or four times, using foul language. He took her into custody, and she struggled to get away and tried to kick him. P.C. Holland came along, and witness said “Help me with this woman to the station”. He said “You have got her. You take her and charge her”.

The Mayor: The other policeman said that?

Witness added that he put his hands behind him and walked away with the crowd.

The Mayor: What! Your brother policeman?

Witness stated that he said to him twice again “Are you going to assist me?” He said “If you have got her, you charge her”. Witness then called upon a civilian named Godden. He assisted him in Darlington Arch about 50 yards. The defendant tried to kick, and got her knee between his legs. That was why he called for assistance. P.C. Holland came along and said “Godden, leave go”, and pulled Godden off, and assisted him to the Town Hall. Witness brought him to the police station and charged her with being drunk that morning.

In reply to defendant, he said he did not see her husband kicked, and the husband had some blood on his face.

Defendant said she was going through the Arch, and a man went to her husband, but he would not fight, and that constable came up and took hold of her arm, thinking she was the offending person.

She called as a witness P.C. Holland, who stated that about 10.50 on the previous night he was on duty in Guildhall Street near the Eagle public house. The defendant went to No. 87, Guildhall Street, accompanied by a man. She was ejected by the occupier of that house. She said “Why do you turn me out?” Then she tried to get inside, and a man shoved her back, and put her things on the step. She broke three windows, he thought, with her hands. Then P.C. Burniston came out of the public house with a group of men. He was in uniform, not on duty. He stood in the middle of the road with a cigar in his mouth, smoking. The woman went up to P.C. Burniston and asked if it was right that she should be ejected. He said “Go away. I know enough about you already”. She said she would go away quietly, and went through the Darlington Arch, accompanied by a man. Witness came back and stood outside the Eagle public house again. Two men followed towards the arch. After half a minute witness heard the shout of “Police! Police! Police!” P.C. Burniston ran, witness ran also, in the direction of the screams, in the Broadmead Road. When witness arrived on the scene the man came up to him and said two men had been banging him. His face was bleeding. P.C. Burniston said “Lock her up”. Witness said “You have got the charge. You take her. I know nothing about the case”. Burniston said “All right. I will take her myself”. Witness said “All right, then. I will assist you”. Witness got hold of the arm himself and told the civilian to leave go. Witness heard no obscene language. The defendant had been drinking. He did not see her struggle. About 20 persons or thereabouts were in Broadmead Road. Some ran out. He was close to P.C. Burniston the whole time. In all probability she was drunk. He had seen her before the previous day and always took her for a respectable woman before the previous night.

Walter Botting deposed that they locked the door and put the things out in the road. They lodged at 87, Guildhall Street. About half past ten they went away through the arch. Two men came off the footpath and struck him in the eye. His wife helloed “Police!”, that was all she said. The policeman came along and said “I want you”, and that was all witness knew about it.

Superintendent Taylor deposed that he was in the police station when the defendant was brought in at a quarter past eleven, and took the charge. She was drunk – very quiet, very talkative.

The Mayor said that the charge against the defendant was a very serious one, inasmuch as it was the opinion of the Bench that she attempted to blackmail the complainant Large, and that alone was sufficient to send her to jail, but under the circumstances the charge was clearly proved, and she might have very seriously injured the complainant by giving him that blow with the foot. It was a fortunate thing that his brother-in-law chanced to be there. He thought she would find it serious – hard labour for six weeks. On the other charge her own witness proved that she was drunk or had been drinking. Under the circumstances she would be fined 5s., 6s. costs, leviable by distress, or Canterbury with hard labour for 7 days, to run consecutively.

An application was made by Mr. Schultz for a temporary authority for the West Cliff Tavern for the brewers, while he was yet managing the Paris Hotel, which he was going to leave.

Superintendent Taylor stated that the applicant was a highly respectable man, but he considered both houses required a responsible manager. The Bench, the Mayor not taking part in this, thought the application was premature, but the applicant could renew it when the coast was clear.

Folkestone Express 17-6-1899

Saturday, June 10^th: Before J. Hoad, T.J. Vaughan, W. Wightwick, J. Stainer, and W.G. Herbert Esqs., and Col. Westropp.

Mr. F. Hall applied on behalf of the owners for sanction of certain plans for proposed alterations at the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street. He said it was proposed to take in the adjoining house and make an additional entry into the same street.

Mr. A. Bromley, architect, explained the plans, which the justices sanctioned.

Folkestone Herald 17-6-1899

Folkestone Police Court

Mr. F. Hall submitted plans on Saturday showing proposed alterations to the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street, of which Mr. Clarke is the present licensed holder. The adjoining house would be taken in. There would be another entrance to the same street, but no entrances to any other street than at present.

The application was granted, subject to conditions.

Folkestone Up To Date 17-6-1899

Saturday, June 10^th: Before J. Hoad, W. Wightwick, T.J. Vaughan, and J. Stainer Esqs., and Colonel Westropp.

An application of the landlord of the Eagle Tavern, Guildhall Street, to make a new entrance to the front of his premises was granted.

Mr. F. Hall appeared on behalf of the applicant.

Folkestone Express 26-8-1899

Folkestone Licensing Sessions

Wednesday, August 23^rd: Before Captain Carter, J. Hoad, W.G. Herbert, J. Fitness, C.J. Pursey, and J. Pledge Esqs.

In the case of the Eagle Tavern, Mr. F. Hall explained that some six weeks ago the Bench sanctioned certain alterations, which had been carried out. He now wished for some slight alterations to the kitchen, which Mr. Bromley would explain.

The Bench sanctioned the plan.

Folkestone Herald 26-8-1899

Annual Licensing Sessions

On Wednesday last the Annual Licensing Meeting was held at the Court Room, Town Hall, the sitting justices being Capt. Carter, Mr. Fitness, Mr. Pursey, Mr. Hoad, Mr. Alderman Pledge, and Mr. Alderman Herbert.

The Eagle, Darlington

Mr. F. Hall, solicitor, appeared for the proprietors of this house in reference to a slight structural alteration which it was desired to make internally. Mr. A. Bromley, architect, attended with the plans of the proposed alteration, and the Court gave their sanction.

Folkestone Up To Date 26-8-1899

Wednesday, August 23^rd: Before Captain Willoughby Carter, J. Hoad, J. Fitness, W.G. Herbert, J. Pledge, and C.J. Pursey Esqs.

Licensing Day

The Eagle, Darlington Street

Mr. Frederic Hall, solicitor, of Bank Chambers, Sandgate Road, appeared on behalf of the landlord of the Eagle, Darlington Street, to apply for permission to make certain alterations on his premises. He said about six months ago he submitted plans showing some alterations, which met with the approval of the Bench, and had been carried out. The work already done was strictly in accordance with the plans, but the landlord proposed to make another very small improvement. At the present moment the kitchen was very dark, and close to the beer cellar. The landlord wished, therefore, to have a kitchen on the ground floor, and to utilise the space on the basement for a beer cellar.

The application was granted.